Marble Run Stem Project

In this activity you will use recyclable materials to make your own wall marble run.

Marble run stem project.

This week we took on 6 of these challenges. Building a cardboard chair a spaghetti bridge a cardboard boat a marble run a balloon car and a periscope. Create a homemade marble run buggy and buddy explore physics by creating a homemade marble run at home and exploring what happens to the marble as you make changes to the track. Our cardboard tube marble run is the perfect reusable stem project made new each time it s put together.

A marble run is a fun toy and a great way to learn about physics concepts like kinetic and potential energy. It s similar to how a roller coaster works. For this project however i think that store bought works slightly better because it s a little more firm. Keep adding tube to your supply and you could make a floor to ceiling marble run.

This keeps everyone occupied even the adults on an indoor day. Do you think your marble will make it to the end of the track. Make sure that your magnets are strong enough to handle the weight of the components. You ll need 4 5 cans per marble run so if you re doing this with a stem club or class you may want to make your own play dough to save money.

That would be pretty cool. Just like a roller coaster. In general i prefer to make homemade play dough. Lego marble run use lego bricks to create a marble run.

We recently learned about stem challenges from the james dyson foundation. Middle school science stem challenge marble madness included in every stem challenge the stem challenges are comprehensive resources that provide the teacher the confidence to run a smooth and efficient lesson. Create a homemade marble run our latest stem activity for kids is all about physics. This is an awesome engineering challenge and would be perfect for a lego club.

You ll be creating a homemade marble run and exploring what happens to the marble as you make changes to the track.